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The Development of Road Ahead: Building China-India relations in New Relations Recent 70 Years Vol.20 No.2 | March - April 2020 A New Day for China-India Relations 国内零售价:10 元 / India 100 www.chinaindiadialogue.com 可绕地球赤道栽种树木按已达塞罕坝机械林场的森林覆盖率寒来暑往,沙地变林海,荒原成绿洲。半个多世纪,三代人耕耘。牢记使命 80% , 1 米株距排开, 艰苦创业 12 圈。 绿色发展 Saihanba is a cold alpine area in northern Hebei Province bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It was once a barren land but is now home to 75,000 hectares of forest, thanks to the efforts make by generations of forestry workers in the past 55 years. Every year the forest purifies 137 million cubic meters of water and absorbs 747,000 tons of carbon dioxide. The forest produces 12 billion yuan (around US$1.8 billion) of ecological value annually, according to the Chinese Academy of Forestry. 可绕地球赤道栽种树木按已达塞罕坝机械林场的森林覆盖率寒来暑往,沙地变林海,荒原成绿洲。半个多世纪,三代人耕耘。牢记使命 CHINA-INDIA DIALOGUE CONTENTS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: 主管: China International 中国外文出版发行事业局 (中国国际出版集团) 80% Publishing Group CHINDIA NEWS PUBLISHER: 主办、出版: China Pictorial 人民画报社 Memorabilia of 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of ADDRESS: 地址: , 33 Chegongzhuang Xilu, Haidian, 北京市海淀区 Beijing 100048, China 车公庄西路33号 Diplomatic Relations between China and India / p.02 1 米株距排开, 艰苦创业 PRESIDENT: Yu Tao 社长:于涛 12 EDITORIAL BOARD: 编委会: 圈。 OPENING ESSAY Yu Tao, Li Xia, 于 涛 、李 霞 、 He Peng, Bao Linfu, 贺 鹏 、鲍 林 富 、 Yu Jia, Yan Ying 于 佳 、闫 颖 CHARTING A NEW COURSE FOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Li Xia 总编辑:李霞 EDITORIAL DIRECTORS: 编辑部主任: DRAGON-ELEPHANT TANGO 08 Qiao Zhenqi, Yin Xing 乔振祺、殷星 PERATIONS IRECTOR O D : 业务总监: Zhao Yue 赵月 绿色发展 OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR: 业务主管: Hu Zhoumeng 胡周萌 ENGLISH EDITORS: 英文定稿: Xu Mingqiang, Liu Haile 徐 明 强 、刘 海 乐 EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS: 语言顾问: Scott Huntsman, Nathan Bennett 苏 格 、白 浩 天 EDITORS AND TRANSLATORS: 编辑、翻译: Gong Haiying, Hu Zhoumeng, 龚海莹、胡周萌、 Liu Haile, Li Zhuoxi, 刘 海 乐 、李 卓 希 、 Li Yiqi, Wang Shuya, 李 艺 琦 、王 舒 雅 、 Xu Shuyuan, Yin Xing, 许 舒 园 、殷 星 、 Zhao Yue, Zhou Xin 赵 月 、周 昕 EDITOR-VISUALS & PHOTOGRapHS: 视觉编辑: Li Zhuoxi 李卓希 DESIGNED BY: Alinea Productions 设计:Alinea Productions REMITTANCE TO: Publishing and 邮购收款人: Distribution Department, 人民画报社 China Pictorial 出版发行部 TELEPHONE 电话: +86-10-68413849, +86-10-68412166 POSTAL CODE 邮编: 100048 Sino-Indian Relations at 70: Reinforcing Growth and Stability / p.14 ACADEMIC PARTNERS: 学术合作单位: Chinese Association for 中国南亚学会 South Asian Studies Observer Research 印 度 观 察 家 基 金 会(孟 买) COMMENT CASE STUDY Foundation (Mumbai) LEGAL ADVISER: Yue Cheng 法律顾问:岳成 The Development of China- Pharma: An Emerging Link in PRINTING: 印刷: Toppan Leefung Changcheng 北京利丰雅高长城 India relations in Recent 70 China-India Ties / p.44 Printing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. 印刷有限公司 Years/ p.18 OVERSEAS DISTRIBUTION: DISCUSSION China International Book Trading Corporation (Guoji Shudian), Time to Tap Potential / p.22 Seeking Wisdom for Cultural 35 Chegongzhuang Xilu, P.O. 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Advertising Business Registration No.20170199 to-people Contacts / p.29 PRICING: India Cooperation / p.56 ¥10 / India ₹ 100 TREND Economic Cooperation: Now is YOUNG VOICES the Time to Act / p.34 Closer China-India Youth Reinforcing the Foundation of Exchanges / p.60 VOL.20 NO.2 | MARCH - APRIL 2020 China-India Friendship / p.38 BOOKS Seven Decades of Meaningful Major Issues in China-India Visit China-India Dialogue on the Internet: Interactions / p.41 Relations / p.64 www.chinaindiadialogue.com Follow us on: CONSULTANTS OF THE CHINA-INDIA DIALOGUE ADVISORY BOARD Alka Acharya Professor and former director of the Ma Weigong Consultant of the National Institute Chinese ambassador to India Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi of Strategic Communication at Peking University Sudheendra Kulkarni, Founder of Forum for New and former deputy editor-in-chief of China Radio South Asia Dhaval D Desai, Senior Fellow & Vice President of International Observer Research Foundation Tarun Vijay Former member of Parliament and Mukul Sanwal Former Policy Adviser to the Hu Shisheng Director of the Institute of South and president of Parliamentary Group on India China Executive Director of United Nations Environment Friendship Southeast Asian and Oceanian Studies under China Programme Institutes of Contemporary International Relations T. C. A. Rangachari Former Indian Ambassador to Pravin Sawhney Editor of Force Newsmagazine France and Germany, dealt with India’s relations Li Daokui Economics professor and director of the Sun Shihai Former director of the Chinese with China for over 15 years in the Ministry of Center for China in the World Economy at Tsinghua External Affairs University Association for South Asian Studies and former deputy director of the National Institute of Yang Yifeng Director of the Hindi Department Lin Minwang Professor at the Institute of International Strategy under the Chinese Academy of the Center for Programs in Asian and African Internationnal Studies at Fudan University of Social Sciences Languages, China Media Group Ma Jiali Deputy Director of the Center for International Sun Yuxi Former Special Envoy of the Chinese Zhang Wenmu Professor of the Center for Strategic Strategic Studies of China Reform Forum Foreign Ministry on Afghan Affairs and former Studies at Beihang University CHINDIA NEWS Memorabilia of 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and India Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People’s Government of China, met with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in October 1954. 02 CHINA-INDIA DIALOGUE 1950 1962 On April 1, China and India established The border conflict led to a serious setback in diplomatic relations. India was the first bilateral relations. non-socialist country to establish diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China. “Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai” (meaning “India 1976 and China are brothers”) has become a China and India restored ambassado- catchphrase from that time and a much-told rial relations and bilateral ties improved story in the history of bilateral exchanges. gradually. 1954 1988 Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai visited India. Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visited China and India signed the Joint Statement China, initiating the process of normalization and jointly advocated the Five Principles of bilateral relations. The two sides agreed to of Peaceful Coexistence. In the same year, “look forward” and develop bilateral relations Indian Prime Minister Nehru visited actively in other fields while seeking a mutu- China. He was the first head of govern- ally acceptable solution to boundary question. ment of a non-socialist country who visited China since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission met with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in December 1988. Zhou Enlai, Premier of Government Administration Council of the Central People’s Government of China, visited India and jointly advocated the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in June 1954. 1992 Indian President R. Venkataraman visited China. He was the first Indian president who 1955 visited China since the independence of the Premier Zhou Enlai and Prime Minister Republic of India. Nehru attended the Asian-African Conference in which 29 countries partic- ipated in Bandung, Indonesia and jointly 1993 advocated the Bandung Spirit of solidarity, Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao friendship and cooperation. visited China. Agreement between the 03 CHINDIA NEWS Government of China and the Government agreed to enhance mutual understanding of India on the Maintenance of Peace and and trust and promote exchanges and coop- Tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in eration in various fields. the India-China Border Areas was signed. 2003 1996 Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee visited President Jiang Zemin visited India. He was China. The two sides signed The Declaration the first head of state from China who visited on the Principles and Comprehensive India since the establishment of bilateral Cooperation in China-India Relations, and diplomatic ties. Both sides agreed to build agreed to establish the special representa- a constructive partnership of cooperation tives meeting mechanism on India-China oriented towards the 21st century. Agreement boundary question. between the Government of China and the Government of India on Confidence Building Measures in the Military Field along the Line 2005 of Actual Control in the India-China Border Premier Wen Jiabao visited India. China Areas was signed. and India signed the Joint Statement and declared the establishment of the strategic and cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity. The two sides welcomed the signing of the Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the India-China Boundary Question. 2006 President Hu Jintao visited India. The two sides signed a Joint Declaration to Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited India and held talks with Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma in November 1996. 2000 Indian President K R Narayanan visited China on the occasion of the 50th anniver- sary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and India. 2002 Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Indian President Premier Zhu Rongji visited India. Both sides Abdul Kalam in New Delhi in November 2006. 04 CHINA-INDIA DIALOGUE formulate the ten-pronged strategy for South Africa in March. Premier Li Keqiang deepening the strategic and cooperative visited India in May and the two sides partnership. released a Joint Statement.